# [PATCH] Remove empty ref directories that prevent creating a ref.

2 messages from 2006-09-24 to 2006-09-24. Participants: Christian Couder, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/5675

## Christian Couder, 2006-09-24 20:33

Subject: [PATCH] Remove empty ref directories that prevent creating a ref.
Message-ID: <20060924223317.caf467a3.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060924223317.caf467a3.chriscool%40tuxfamily.org

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Junio wrote:
"BTW, the second issue exists without packed ref; currently we
cannot do

    git branch foo/bar
    git branch -d foo/bar
    git branch foo"

This patch also add some test cases from Linus and Junio.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---

This patch applies to master, that's why it doesn't contain
test cases using "git pack-refs". I will send a separate patch
for them latter. 

 git-branch.sh     |   10 ++++++++++
 t/t3200-branch.sh |   12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index e0501ec..9f7ff80 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") ||
 git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
 	die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
 
+if [ -d "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ]
+then
+	for refdir in `find "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" -type d | sort -r`
+	do
+		rmdir "$refdir" || \
+		    die "Could not delete '$refdir', " \
+		    "there may still be a ref there."
+	done
+fi
+
 if [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ]
 then
 	if test '' = "$force"
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 5b04efc..6907cbc 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,16 @@ test_expect_success \
 	 test -f .git/logs/refs/heads/g/h/i &&
 	 diff expect .git/logs/refs/heads/g/h/i'
 
+test_expect_success \
+    'git branch j/k should work after branch j has been deleted' \
+       'git-branch j &&
+        git-branch -d j &&
+        git-branch j/k'
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'git branch l should work after branch l/m has been deleted' \
+       'git-branch l/m &&
+        git-branch -d l/m &&
+        git-branch l'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.4.2.1.g80823-dirty

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2006-09-24 20:46

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove empty ref directories that prevent creating a ref.
Message-ID: <7vy7s96lim.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vy7s96lim.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net
In-Reply-To: <20060924223317.caf467a3.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

```
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> +if [ -d "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ]
> +then
> +	for refdir in `find "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" -type d | sort -r`
> +	do
> +		rmdir "$refdir" || \
> +		    die "Could not delete '$refdir', " \
> +		    "there may still be a ref there."
> +	done
> +fi

I do not think this loop is safe when $GIT_DIR contains any $IFS
character.

```